Jones

PITTSBURGH — Marie Millie Jones of Cranberry Township has been named chairwoman of Duquesne University's board of directors.

She is the first woman to be named to the position.

Jones earned a bachelor's degree and juris doctorate from Duquesne University. In 1998, she was named the youngest female managing attorney of a major law firm in Pittsburgh.

She practices civil rights, labor and employment and commercial litigation as a partner with Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek and Eck.

Jones, who graduated with her law degree in 1987, served as president of the Alumni Board of Governors for six years. She joined the school's board of directors in 1997, serving four years, then returning to the board as vice chairwoman from 2003 to present.

She takes the chairwomanship July 1.

Active with the Allegheny County and state bar associations, Jones is also a member of the Women's Bar Association in Allegheny County. She is a fellow with the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and a life fellow in the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.

Jones has chaired the Law Firm Management Program for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and as the vice chairwoman of that group's Civil Rights and Public Entity Liability Section. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for Local Rules of Practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

She has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer from 2004 to 2008, the 2007 Oakland Catholic Leading Lady, 2004 Friend of County Government and the 2002 Duquesne University Women's Law Division Woman of the Year.

Jones is married to Cameron Jones, owner of Northland Ford in Zelienople and Northland Lincoln-Mercury in Cranberry Township.